ipl-logo

Dunphy's Court Case Summary

593 Words3 Pages

In the first part of the case study the Dunphy’s owned an older home in Los Angeles California. The home needed a new roof, painting and cosmetic repairs. His wife Claire noticed some worker in front of the house but after questioning her husband didn’t think they were their to do work on her home. When she left to go shopping the foreman can up to her home and talked with her daughter Alex who appeared to be 20 or 21. Once Mr. and Mrs. Dunphy returned home they were approached by the foreman and realized he has mistaken taken their home for their neighbors. The biggest question to ask is does the Dunphy have to pay for the work done on their home additionally what laws covers each party? While the question seems very simple there are a few things we need to …show more content…

Alex naturally appears older than she is also it would be hard to proven that she was given permission by her parent to sign the contract. The Dunphy would not be responsible for paying for the work done on their home but some type of agreement would need to be made because the equipment would need to be returned and the roof in the same condition or better. If the Dunphry were in Hawaii they would be no signature by Alex which would make the foreman company responsible for the work and they also risk trespassing when make them probably not pursue any type of payment. In the last part of the scenario Mrs. Dunphry make a pledge of a thousand dollar to a animal cruelty shelter. She later regret the decision and changes her mind on the pledge. The charity could hold Mrs. Dunphy liable for the charity because of the important placed on every contribution. She has entered into a informal contract she has agreed to contribute to the cause of the organization. The Shelter will in many cases allow the contract to be broken to avoid bad publicity and not wanting any bad images attached to it

Show More
Related

  • Evans V. Alicia Mandolin Case Digest

    667 Words  | 3 Pages

    POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN OPPOSITION TO DEMURRER Plaintiff, Alicia Mandolin, submits these Points and Authorities in opposition to Defendant Elvin Evans's demurrer. STATEMENT OF FACTS In our case, Alicia Mandolin bought a 100-year-old house from Gerald Ross about a year ago. Ross bought the house from Elvin Evans, Evans told Ross that he had rewired the entire property and done a good job before selling the house to him. Evans lied, some portion of the property's wiring had been replaced but the majority of the wiring was not replaced.

    Read More

  • Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Case Summary

    302 Words  | 2 Pages

    1. Local residents from the rural area of Thibodaux plan to sue McIntry Realty because of their plans to redevelop a local farm to accommodate five hundred homes. Hector Salvador, attorney for the residents, plans to file suit against Eugene McIntry because McIntry possible violated their rights. McIntry plans to counter-sue the city if they interfere with his plans to redevelop the land.

    Read More

  • Renter Case Summary

    1487 Words  | 6 Pages

    After reading the story about Larry landlord and tenant Roger Renter, I feel like Roger should have inspected everything himself before moving in because sometimes owners will not tell you everything that is going on. Roger should have got the roof checked and looked at the ceiling in the apartment to see if anything seems like it has a leak, and if he saw something, he should have told the landlord and the landlord should have fixed the issue. Also, Roger should have made Larry wrote a covenant because he would have had some documentation that Larry stated he was going to repair the leak. For instance, when I and my finance moved to Valdosta in an apartment the manager of the apartments stated they checked all apartments.

    Read More

  • Court Case Of Richard Bobo Evans

    446 Words  | 2 Pages

    Richard “Bobo” Evans (pg 174) Bobo is a criminal who has been arrested for breaking and entering, grand theft auto, and fighting a guy that he killed. He is currently serving time for selling drugs. Bobo testifies for the prosecution in order to shorten his sentence.

    Read More

  • Suzy's Argument With The Attorney: Case Study

    96 Words  | 1 Pages

    Jonathan, I agree with you completely that the only oral contract she needs to honor is the one with the attorney. The oral contracts with Hermes and the builder fall under the statue of frauds and would not be legally enforceable. Suzy does have to honor her oral contract with the attorney because the attorney performs the service of investigating the title and records associated with the land within the one year limit and informs Suzy of the information that has been found about the land. The oral contract with the attorney would be legally enforceable.

    Read More

  • Analysis Of The Vonlee Titlow V. Case

    513 Words  | 3 Pages

    Vonlee Titlow was tried for murder when she and her aunt Billie Rodgers killed Billie's wealthy husband Donald Rodgers. The prosecution Presented Titlow with a plea bargain of manslaughter, for her testimony against her aunt Billie in her trial. Shortly before the Trial of Titlow's aunt Billie, she had a conversation with an officer, who instructed her not to take the plea if she was, in fact, innocent. After this conversation, Titlow got rid of her current lawyer for new counsel in her case. Toca who was brought in as this new counsel fought to get the length of the plea reduced to a lower term.

    Read More

  • Newdow Supreme Court Case Summary

    667 Words  | 3 Pages

    The case was implied a Magistrate Judge, whose brief discoveries and recommendation completed up, and "the Pledge does not slight the Establishment Clause. " The District Court grasped that proposition and released the protestation on July 21, 2000. The Court of Appeals turned around and issued three separate choices talking about the benefits and Newdow 's standing. As it would see it, the offers court consistently held that Newdow has remaining as a watchman to challenge a practice that meddles with his qualification to facilitate the religious direction of his daughter. That holding managed Newdow 's remaining to challenge not only the game plan of the school locale, where his young lady still is enrolled, moreover the 1954 Act of

    Read More

  • Case: Lachance Vs Erickson

    184 Words  | 1 Pages

    Name of Case: LaChance vs. Erickson Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court Parties and their roles:. LaChance, director, Office of Personnel Management petitioner; Erickson et al Responded Relevant facts: Federal employees made false statements to agency investigators with respect to their misbehavior. The legal issue(s) raised: The legal issue raised was that the respondents, federal employees were charged by their agencies because each of them made false statements to the agency investigators with respect to their misconduct.

    Read More

  • Johnson V. Mcintosh (1974)

    1438 Words  | 6 Pages

    The United States Supreme Court played significant role in deciding cases regarding property rights. Originally there were many misunderstandings between companies and individuals, corporate and private interests, Native Americans and U.S. laws. These misunderstandings created tensions between different parties and had to be resolved by the Supreme Court. There are many cases that deal with contracts, due process clause, or takings clause and different interests that were at stake; the four cases to review in detail are Johnson v. McIntosh (1823), University of North Carolina v. Foy (1805), Taylor v porter and Ford (1843), and Proprietors of the Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of the Warren Bridge (1837). Johnson v. McIntosh (21 U.S. 543

    Read More

  • 1971 Washington Court Case Study

    379 Words  | 2 Pages

    The conduct of the defendant’s in the 1971 Washington Court of appeals case, State v. Williams, while neither advisable nor necessarily admirable, was justified given their valid concerns about losing possibly losing custody of their son if they sought medical help due to their Native American heritage. Walter Williams and Bernice Williams made the fateful decision to not take their 17-month old son, who was thought to only have minor tooth-ache, to the hospital due to concerns that such hospital visit would result in them losing custody of their son. Unfortunately, for the co-defendants, their son’s illness was much more severe than initially thought and their decision not to seek care resulted in both the son’s death and a manslaughter conviction

    Read More

  • The Supreme Court Case Of Kirk L. Odom

    1146 Words  | 5 Pages

    Kirk L. Odom, a convicted Washington D.C. man who served 22 years in prison, for a crime that Odom did not commit. Back in 1981, Kirk L. Odom was found guilty by a Supreme Court Judge, for the rape and robbery of a woman, in her apartment, in Washington D.C.. According to the Washington Post, since 2009 he is one of 5 of rape or murder convicts, that have been vacated based on erroneous forensics and testimony by elite FBI hair experts. Also, The Washington Post gives statistics and years, for rape and murder convictions, and who goes about trying to solve them. When the evidence proves the convicted guilty, like Kirk, the inmate should be exonerated and compensated for his time.

    Read More

  • Norris-Laguardia Case Summary

    170 Words  | 1 Pages

    Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 was enacted by congress it liberated organized labor from the federal courts injunctions. Prior to the act a federal judge could be convinced that a strike, picketing, or boycott would violate the law they would issue an injunction so that the union would have to stop the strike (Bernstein, N.N.. 2015). Norris-LaGuardia Act is called a "yellow dog" contract, an employee promises not to join the union to stay in contract with their employer. It made it so federal judges could not issue injunctions if the strike was not violent. The act defined "labor dispute" so that there was no possible misunderstanding of the terms of employment (Bernstein, N.N.. 2015).

    Read More

  • Lyddie Analysis

    680 Words  | 3 Pages

    What would you do if you were forced to work 11chours a day jus as a kid? That’s what Lyddie had to do in the novel Lyddie by Kathrine Paterson. In this novel, Lyddie decides to go to the Concord Corporation and work as a mill girl to pay off the debts on her farm and reunite her family. She then meets her roommates: Betsy, Amelia, and Prudence. However, Lyddie then finds out that terrible working conditions, long hours, and even harassment are key reasons why she shouldn’t work there.

    Read More

  • Jacob Riis's 'How The Other Half Life'

    1399 Words  | 6 Pages

    Principal among his solutions was housing reform, not just the making of laws to limit the number of people who could be packed into a given living space, but also the destruction or renovation of old buildings. Riis also believed that the landlords must be subject to law and punishment for their malpractice. He suggest that the states have the power to regulate and control of overcrowding and that the tenements and the landlords set a fair ground between them. The following proposals mean that the landlords must set the rent at a reasonable price for both the tenants and the landlords, and provide appropriate repairs and necessities when needed. Accordingly, the tenants must show respect and take care of their home with proper treatment.

    Read More

  • Compare And Contrast The Killer's Cousin

    708 Words  | 3 Pages

    (8) David rents the third floor of the Shaugnessy House while Lily lives on the second floor of the house with Vic and Julia. Another difference between the two is that lily and David are of different ages. “My cousin Lily was eleven years old when I moved into the third floor of my Uncle Vic and Aunt Julia’s triple-decker house at the northern end of Cambridge, Massachusetts.” (3),

    Read More

More about Dunphy's Court Case Summary

Open Document